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Sudents will resubmit for assessment only those elements, which have been failed.

Brief description

The module provides students with the opportunity to undertake art historical research on an agreed topic (related to the research and teaching focus of the School) and to bring the fruit of such accessible in the public realm. The form of publication may include: a multi-media database, computer book, small exhibition and accompanying catalogue, a study-pack for use by either students or school pupils, or a short-course in gallery education. By this means students are also expected to develop or extend expertise in IT, communication management, and liaison skills, and cognisance of the technology of print production. Students will, thus, we actively involved in the School'r current development of an internet database for ceramics, gallery and collection curation, and school'r materials. At the end of Semester 1 students deliver to their peers and staff a paper outlining the development and on going progress of the research project. The purpose of this element is to help students clarify their hypothesis and its development in a critical and supportive climate. At the end of Semester 2, students present a paper outlining the outcome of their project along with the artefact of dissemination in the context of a viva voce. The taught component of the module provides an introduction and resource for all the possibilities of artefact dissemination

Aims

The module aims to:

provide students with an opportunity to undertake a piece of applied research on an agreed topic

enable students to commute academic research into a public forum in the form of an accessible artefact of dissemination

extend or develop the student's base of applied skills with a view to strengthening career prospects

enable students to articulate academic inquiry in the form of a written research papers (1. development report, 2. outcome report) based on this project and presented to their peers in the context of a critical environment

provide a context for students to air hypothesis, methodology, and subject of their research problem with a view to uncovering the weaknesses and strengths of such and modifying them accordingly

develop critical thinking and the discrimination of relevant criteria

develop the students confidence in their convictions and ideas and in the skills in presenting such orally (and with supporting visual evidence) in a public, academic context

develop the students confidence and skills in presenting ideas in the context of academic writing and for specific forms of dissemination

create an interactive forum for collaboration and mutual cognisance among Art History students

objectives

investigate thoroughly an agreed topic

produce a publicly accessible artefact based on the research relevant to the field of professional modes for the dissemination of Art History

deploy learned or developed skills and technology appropriate to the project

Present a research paper to both peers, academic staff, and examiners

critically evaluate their own research and that of others

Take onboard critical evaluation in the revision of both oral and written paper

confidently engage in academic discussion with their peers and academic staff